Matsura takes a photograph of the construction of a new building being erected in Omak, 1910. Three stories high and square in shape, the building is on the same road that leads up to the white painted schoolhouse in the far background. Omak had...

In 1908, Matsura purchased a building on First Avenue in Okanogan. The building held both his photograph gallery as well as his display of postcards showing the people and places of Okanogan County. In this photograph, five friends of Matsura's...

Ira Freer, owner of Freer's Department Store, purchased a 40 horsepower Locomobile from a Wenatchee agent in 1910. Originating from the 1897 Stanley Steamer, the Locomobile made automotive history when it became the first American car to win an...

To create a safe shortcut for orchardists living out by Shell Rock Point north of Okanogan (towards Omak), local businessmen cut a route out of the north side of Elgin Canyon, without the aid of county money. On September 28, 1911, a group of...

Two siblings wearing identical winter outfits with matching fur collars and muffs (or mittens) pose for a photograph outside. The younger of the two wears a pointed cap and her sister, a large floppy bonnet. The side of a home can be seen in the...

In April, 1912, Matsura purchased two lots in the Storch Addition--located on the north side of Okanogan--for the purposes of growing a flower garden. He stands with an unidentified friend for the photograph, showing the plowed field, and...

A photograph of a white clapboard house with three covered porches, one of them coming off of the second floor. The Okanogan Independent, the local newspaper, kept track of the latest construction developments in the area.

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